Table 4.
Distribution, in percentages, of the different relationships between the dental roots and their statistical association with the dental factors.
| Dental Factors | Proximity of Roots to RMS | Proximity of Roots to LMS | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (0) | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | p | (0) | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | p | |
| Periapical pathology | 0.0 | 21.4 | 9.1 | 19.4 | 14.0 | 0.028 | 8.8 | 18.4 | 11.3 | 14.8 | 4.8 | 0.243 |
| Endodontic treatment | 26.7 | 14.3 | 13.6 | 16.1 | 7.0 | 0.172 | 2.9 | 18.4 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 0.261 |
| Periodontitis | 16.7 | 22.9 | 38.6 | 38.7 | 22.8 | 0.041 | 8.8 | 23.7 | 36.1 | 44.4 | 31.0 | 0.010 |
| Radicular cysts | 3.3 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.338 | 8.8 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.004 |
RMS, right maxillary sinus; LMS, left maxillary sinus; (0) within; (1) protruding; (2) contact; (3) 0.1–1 mm; (4) >1 mm.